| Village | Karakottai |
| Block | Manalmelkudi |
| District | Pudukkottai |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Country | India |
| Continent | Asia |
| Time Zone | IST ( UTC + 05:30) |
| Currency | Indian Rupee ( INR ) |
| Dialing Code | +91 |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Internet cTLD | in |
| Language | Tamil |
| Time difference | 16 minutes |
| Latitude | 10.163603 |
| Longitude | 78.332391 |
Karakottai is a village panchayat located in the Pudukkottai district of Tamil-Nadu state,India. The latitude 10.163603 and longitude 78.332391 are the geocoordinate of the Karakottai.
The surrounding nearby villages and its distance from Karakottai are Sathiyadi , Seyyanam , Kottaipattinam , Karakathikottai , Manamelkudi , Minnamozhi , Ammapattinam , Manalmelkudi , Krishnajipattinam , Nilayur , Nerkuppai , Manaloor , Vichoor , Kolendram , Vellur , Mumpalai , Bramanavayal , Edayathoor , Kattumavadi , Thandalai , Vettivayal , Edayathimangalam , Kanadu , Keelamanjakudi , Manjakudi , Nelveli , Perumaruthur , Thinayakudi .
The native language of Karakottai is Tamil and most of the village people speak Tamil. Karakottai people use Tamil language for communication.
Karakottai village is located in the UTC 5.30 time zone and it follows indian standard time(IST). Karakottai sun rise time varies 16 minutes from IST. The vehicle driving side in Karakottai is left, all vehicles should take left side during driving. Karakottai people are using its national currency which is Indian Rupee and its internationl currency code is INR. Karakottai phones and mobiles can be accesed by adding the indian country dialing code +91 from abroad. Karakottai people are following the dd/mm/yyyy date format in day-to-day life. Karakottai domain name extension( cTLD) is .in .